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Being a tax accountant means that January through April, 15th are just a tad busy. Mr. Ball Cap and I didn’t want to squeeze in a honeymoon right after the wedding only to have me come home and start working insane hours. I wanted to enjoy our trip away and not worry about the stress I’d be coming home to. We still wanted to get away for a few days, so we went on a minimoon at a bed and breakfast in Michigan.
(See that snow? Where was it the day of the wedding?!)
Hello again! I keep faking you guys out - acting like I’m JUST ABOUT to start my recaps, then getting crazy busy again and disappearing. By now, so much time has passed, I worry that we’ve got a whole new set of readers who don’t even know who I am. And that would be a problem, because this here is the dreaded wedding shower recap - the last thing you want to see from somebody you don’t recognize. So I’ll keep it short!
My wedding shower was just a few weeks before our wedding, during a whirlwind of activity. It was the day after my hair and makeup trial, which was coolio because it meant I could leave my eyelash extensions in. Hey-oh!
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Daddy Kettle isn’t a dancer. He doesn’t seem to enjoy dancing very much.
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Okay, Daddy Kettle isn’t quite that bad. He can dance. I know this for a fact because we danced at my cotillion when I was a debutante. He just doesn’t do it often.
For our wedding, I expect things will be even better. It’s not a church event, so Daddy Kettle will probably have had at least a beer or two and will be more relaxed. Also, my dress is tea length and we won’t have to do special maneuvers to avoid tripping and falling over a dress that’s too long.
There’s only one problem: we haven’t picked a song yet. I’ve asked him at least three times. The first two times, he didn’t even respond. Literally nothing. No looks, no words, no nothing.
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When we returned back to the Sacramento area, we visited the Nordstrom in Roseville to continue our MOB dress search, and although the location didn’t have the bridal suite, the selection of dresses was much more impressive!
The first dress was Adrianna Papell’s Flutter Sleeve Dress. We liked the shape of the dress, but Momma Hawk was not a fan of the flutter sleeve.
Second off was the Patra Pleated Satin Sheath. This dress was definitely a step up from the previous dress but not as special as some of the others we’d seen.
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You guys may remember that all our wedding talk stemmed from my planning of a trip to Europe. Though we are now planning a wedding, my dream of going to Europe after graduation is hopefully still going to come true. In my eyes, the trip (being my lifelong dream) was almost as important as the wedding, even if it meant scrimping and saving every last penny.
After the “formal” proposal we opened discussions about the possibility of having a European honeymoon. For me, this meant backpacking through little towns and sleeping on park benches, while Mr. Boa was thinking more along the lines of high-end hotels in strategic tourist locations. I wanted the adventure, while he wanted rest and relaxation. There was no way a backpacking trip on a shoestring budget would be relaxing, so other options had to be explored.
I researched guided tours of Europe like Contiki, Trafalgar, and Globus. This last one had really promising packages and fostered the adult environment we were craving. They had a lot of itinerary options to choose from and promised to show you many places in detail. Unfortunately for me, Mr. Boa shot down idea #2, stating he didn’t want to spend his honeymoon on a bus with a dozen strangers. So it was back to the drawing board.
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One day, I was Googling my wedding dress for fun. In the results, I came across the usual assortment of pictures that I had seen on many prior occasions. Yes, that’s right, I Google my dress for fun on a regular basis - please tell me I am not the only one?
But on this particular occasion I also came across an article that caught my glance. You see, the image that went along with this article was not the standard model shot of my dress, nor was it any of the shots of real brides I had gushed over already.
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| Article from VWonWeddings / Image from Anna-be.com |
In the article, Vera Wang explains her design inspiration, and the above picture is her sketch of the dress. Maybe I’m crazy, but I thought it was so cool when I came across this!
This past Wednesday, Project Wedding sent me their daily email (where they count down every. single. day. - gotta give ’em credit) with the title “Start Building Your Immunity Now.” At first I laughed - this? thrown in among the reasons buttercream tastes better than fondant and what to gift your bridesmaids and how to find a photographer? - but a second thought made me stifle that laugh. We all focus on wanting to look our best for the big day, but what about feeling our best, physically? I’d say that should rank pretty high, as well.
Image via Project Wedding
Of course I was extra sensitive to this whole immunity/feel-your-best stuff since I just went through a pretty terrible bought of food poisoning on Monday (fabulous way to lose 5 pounds, by the way). I distinctly remember a moment, in the midst of all the grossness, that I thought “god HELP me if I get food poisoning the night before the wedding,” or heck - even the week of the wedding.
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Mr. Mole likes to watch Louis C.K. He also likes to quote Louis C.K. (And Seinfeld. And The Simpsons. And etc.) I like Mr. Mole enough to usually listen.
Anyway, when we were driving home after our book club meeting and dinner at our favorite Indian restaurant last night, Mr. Mole started talking about part of Louis C.K.’s film Hilarious, which addresses the topic of divorce. Here’s the transcript:
Let me tell you something. And this is important because someday one of your friends is gonna get divorced. It’s gonna happen. And they’re gonna tell you. Don’t go, “Oh I’m sorry!” That’s a stupid thing to say. It really is. First of all, you’re making them feel bad for being really happy, which isn’t fair. And second, let me explain something to you. Divorce is always good news. I know that sounds weird, but it’s true because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce. It’s really that simple. That’s never happened – THAT would be sad. If two people were married and they were really happy and they just had a great thing, and then they got divorced, that would be really sad. But that has happened zero times. Literally zero. Ray Charles has killed more Jews than happy marriages have ended in divorce.
Huh, right? This quotation really got me thinking.
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